On 9/15/07, hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 04:48:08PM +0300, Panagiotis Pediaditis wrote:
> > Is there some way of locking all database tables in a transaction
> > without knowing their names
> > or even better just locking the entire database? I know this is bad
> > tactics but there is a specific
> > case where i need it. Can it be done?
>
> there is no such thing, but you can use "advisory locks" to this
> purpose.
that would require taking a shared advisory lock for every
transaction...pretty big price to pay imo, but it would work. I
thought about it for a bit and I don't know if there is any other way
to do it.
merlin
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